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Data Center Remote Centralized Solution
2022-05-16
Traditional IDC management methods can no longer meet the demands.
Traditional management approaches can no longer meet the current need for highly centralized IDC management. With numerous cables arranged in complex patterns, decentralized management, and low efficiency, the control room is often limited by distance from the equipment rooms, making it difficult to provide timely assistance. Meanwhile, the lack of robust physical security measures at IDCs, combined with frequent entries and exits to the equipment rooms, further complicates matters. On top of this, senior technical management personnel responsible for IDC operations are frequently away on business trips or during holidays... As a result, data center operations may be disrupted—providing hackers with ample opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities... and potentially leading to the compromise of the data center’s core resources.
What can the system do for you?
The newly built data center demands greater practicality, flexibility, and scalability from the systems it relies on than ever before. Today, what you need goes far beyond mere server management—it requires a comprehensive system that can leverage your existing IT resources to ensure the smooth operation of your IDC.
Avocent leverages its patented KVM over IP technology, harnessing the connectivity and security features of IP networks. By employing centralized authentication software, KVM over IP technology taps into the power and broad applicability of IP networks, eliminating the distance limitations inherent in analog solutions and enabling effortless control of your entire data center at your fingertips. At the same time, network administrators are freed from the constraints of physical server rooms, maximizing their time both inside and outside the data center—globally, they can access and control systems within their local area as well as remotely manage systems across cities or even at branch offices. This represents a remote, centralized solution for data centers.
Employ out-of-band management technology to comprehensively control the entire data center.
Currently, in-band management is widely used to perform routine administrative tasks and to monitor various network and application errors—excluding hardware or operating-system-related faults. However, this management approach relies too heavily on the network itself. When a server or switch fails, or when network connectivity is lost, information transmission between the managed device and the management workstation is inevitably disrupted, rendering the in-band management mechanism ineffective.
Out-of-band management enables remote access to network hardware without relying on the existing network connection. It establishes a direct connection pathway that links to the device’s management port, effectively serving as a “backdoor” that makes it convenient for IT professionals to configure, troubleshoot, and reboot devices.
After Avocent acquired Sailtech, it adopted Sailtech’s core out-of-band management technology, which significantly reduced human errors and operational environment mistakes by simplifying fault detection and recovery procedures.
In addition, Avocent is leading the advancement of KVM industry technology by introducing the Hub—Spoke architecture—a distributed authentication system that has received widespread acclaim in the KVM industry. This hub-and-spoke configuration significantly enhances device management capabilities. The innovative Hub—Spoke distributed authentication system dramatically improves the reliability of KVM switching, providing data centers with a fully redundant failover system. Avocent’s remote and centralized management control solutions for data centers include the Avocent DS (KVM OVER IP) digital remote and centralized management control system for data centers and the Avocent AMX analog matrix centralized management control system for data centers.
Avocent DS Data Center Remote Centralized Management and Control System—U.S.-based Avocent is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive solutions for remote, centralized management of data centers, earning widespread acclaim from users worldwide. In 2000, Avocent pioneered the world’s leading “KVM over IP” technology, ushering in a new era for KVM systems. Tens of thousands of users globally have benefited from this cutting-edge technology, which enables highly efficient data center management. Over the years, as “KVM over IP” technology has continued to mature and innovate, Avocent’s data center remote centralized management and control system solutions have achieved and refined centralized, remote control over all data center equipment.
Avocent AMX Data Center Simulation Matrix Centralized Management and Control System: The Avocent data center simulation matrix centralized management solution, exemplified by AMX, employs cutting-edge technology, a user-friendly human-machine interface, powerful management and security features, and delivers high-quality KVM video performance.
Cyclades Network Out-of-Band Management Solution: Pioneered by Cyclades, this network out-of-band management solution integrates existing technologies (such as KVM, console management, power management, and environmental monitoring) with emerging future technologies—including Microsoft’s Emergency Management Service, IPMI, and blade-based management. Supported by the powerful Alterpath Manager platform, these technologies can be seamlessly integrated to establish a comprehensive and secure management model.
What can the NPC solution do for you?
Ensuring the secure and stable operation of data centers or network systems is a fundamental goal for operators. Therefore, promptly detecting system failures and responding in a timely manner is crucial. Traditional management approaches can no longer meet today’s service requirements. What’s needed is a secure, flexible, and remotely controllable remote power management and control system. The DATCENT NPC remote power centralized management and control solution enables technicians to perform these tasks anytime, anywhere, without having to physically visit the equipment site. Simply by entering their username and password on a desktop via a web-based graphical user interface, technicians can monitor server operations and remotely turn equipment power on, off, or restart it—all from the comfort of their desks.
The remote power centralized management and control solution, designed for applications such as server clusters, IDCs, and branch data base stations, not only enables simple remote device startup, shutdown, and reboot operations, but also allows secure, centralized management via dedicated client software. It provides real-time monitoring of remote devices’ services, automatically restarts devices according to pre-set configurations in case of failures, schedules device power on/off at specified times, and supports independent or combined operations on each port.
Remote Management Control: POWER OVER IP
Managed via TCP/IP, users can easily restart and manage data devices in the server room from any location on Earth.
Centralized management control
Users can view the status or perform management tasks—such as control—on servers or other data devices whose access permissions they manage, all from a centralized interface. This applies regardless of where the NPC’s remote power management and control device is located, or on which NPC the managed servers or other data devices are connected.
Automatic controllability
Users can automatically detect running servers or other data devices. If a server application service stops or a network device fails and goes down, the centralized remote power management and control system will automatically restart the device according to a preconfigured plan to resolve the issue. Additionally, the system can also perform automatic restarts at predefined intervals. Security: Any user accessing the system must go through a centralized, unified authentication system, and all control signals are transmitted using dynamic encryption technology.
Management-related
Port-based permission management allows multiple users to monitor and operate their own devices on their respective interfaces. At the same time, it supports multiple users operating the same device, and enables different operation permissions to be assigned to different ports on the same device.
Event Log
Advanced management tools will maintain detailed logs of each user’s login and operations, providing the following records for every action: time, operator, automated operation, and executed action.
Flexibility
Supports bundle operations for multiple ports of different NPC-controlled devices. Enables simultaneous control and meets users’ specific application environment requirements.
Reliability
Reliable fault protection design ensures automatic recovery to the state prior to power failure upon power restoration; even if the device system experiences a malfunction, the current power supply scheme remains unaffected.
Versatility
Provides common network tools for the TCP/IP protocol, such as TELNET and PING.
Real-time fault monitoring, recording, and alarming
Real-time fault monitoring is performed on services provided by the TCP/IP protocol, with comprehensive fault records maintained. Different types of alarms are generated based on the fault type.
Scalability
The system solution is simple and flexible, with strong scalability.
The IP-based DATCENT NPC remote power centralized management and control solution consists of the DATCENT NPC remote power management and control device and the DATCENT NPCWork remote power centralized management and control software.
NPC Remote Power Management Control Device
The DATCENT remote power management device allows you to perform this operation anytime, anywhere—simply open the dedicated software on your computer, enter your username and password, and you can then turn the device on, off, or restart it.
NPCWorks Remote Power Centralized Management and Control Software
NPCWork is a powerful Windows application that enables centralized control. It allows you to manage and control the power supply of your data devices—all from a single PC. It doesn’t matter where these devices are located, nor does it matter which NPC device they’re connected to.
The so-called KVM host switching system allows a user to switch between multiple hosts running different operating systems using one or more KVM (keyboard, video monitor, and mouse) setups. This enables a single user to access and operate from one set of keyboard, mouse, and monitor up to thousands of hosts.
KVM Development History
The development of KVM has gone through a journey from analog to digital, and from single-rack-based access to IP-based network access. As shown in the figure:
From this journey, we can see that data center management in the information age places high and diversified demands on businesses. Precisely because we take into account both the trends of technological development and the varying requirements of different customers, AVOCENT products offer reliable and stable integrated solutions—both digital and analog—that are well-suited to the needs of multi-platform, multi-regional, and multi-device access and control.
KVM over IP technology
In 2000, AVOCENT pioneered the digital "KVM OVER IP" technology, significantly enhancing and expanding KVM's applications in data center management. The term "OVER IP" refers to monitoring servers via the internet or web, fully leveraging the advantages of the internet to enable you to manage and maintain your data center from anywhere in the world without having to physically enter the facility. The most distinctive feature of "KVM OVER IP" is its adoption of industry-standard TCP/IP protocols, eschewing any proprietary, closed standards developed in-house. In addition to server monitoring and management, this technology also allows for remote management of other data center equipment—including serial devices such as routers, switches, hubs, and firewalls—as well as power supplies.
The IDC believes: “For many companies, globally accessible access to multiple servers has proven to be a key factor in business success.”
Why is KVM needed?
With the development of computer and network technologies, the demand for data center environments and service levels has been steadily increasing, and the original data center conditions have become a major bottleneck in information technology development. Using KVM can address the following key issues:
Space: Reducing the number of keyboards, mice, and monitors can free up a significant amount of space.
Efficiency: When system or network maintenance personnel navigate through a “jungle” of servers and various cabinets in search of malfunctioning equipment, they not only waste limited human resources but also delay the timely repair of detected faults. By using a single console—comprising just one keyboard, mouse, and monitor—to log into all machines, system or network maintenance personnel can significantly boost their work efficiency.
Management: Improving efficiency means implementing effective management, thereby enhancing the stability and security of these systems.
Cost: Controlling network operating costs is a key factor for the success of network distributors. Reducing consumption and space can lead to significant cost savings.
Health: In a computer room exposed to high levels of radiation, the harm to administrators' health can be fatal. Operating from a distance away from the computer room helps keep administrators safe from radiation exposure.
Remote management: It’s impossible for system administrators and maintenance personnel to be on duty around the clock in the machine room, yet machine failures can occur at any time. Remote management and maintenance are crucial means of ensuring the system operates smoothly and continuously, 24 hours a day.
Rack-mount application LCD
The LCD four-in-one device integrates a keyboard, a 15” TFT LCD monitor, a touchpad, and a switch, all housed in a compact, industry-standard 1U, 19-inch rack-mount enclosure. You can control and operate multiple computers from a central console, eliminating the need to equip each computer with a separate mouse and keyboard—thus saving valuable space and reducing your investment.
Desktop Office Application Series
The Avocent SwitchView series of desktop office application switchers are available in 2-port and 4-port models. They enable a single KVM (keyboard, monitor, and mouse) to control two or four terminal servers, and allow the switched servers to share USB devices on the desktop—for example, printers, digital cameras, scanners, and other USB peripherals. Switchers equipped with multimedia capabilities also support centralized control of multimedia devices. This series is designed for rack-mount applications.
The Avocent AV series and Switch 10085 rack-mounted switching devices stand out from other lower-end switch products by enabling cascading with other Avocent products or with themselves, allowing connection to up to a hundred computers. At the same time, these switches support various types of servers (PS2, USB, SUN, CONSEL) and, breaking free from traditional cable constraints, adopt twisted-pair cabling for connections.
Remote Small Data Center Application Series
The all-in-one 16-port AVR series digital switcher combines the best features of Avocent’s latest AutoView analog technology and IP-based digital technology, enabling users to access devices both locally from a rack-mounted console in the data center and remotely via TCP/IP.
Currently, computer applications are widespread across various industries. However, in certain specialized application environments—such as industrial control systems, dispatch centers, call centers, and monitoring centers—due to harsh or inconvenient on-site conditions, computer operators often have to work remotely from the computer’s main unit. In other environments, such as R&D centers and design institutes, to ensure the security of sensitive information stored on computers and prevent data leaks, although measures like sealing off USB ports, optical drives, and floppy disk drives on computer hosts have been implemented, these precautions still fail to effectively guard against information leaks, causing significant losses to enterprises. It would be highly desirable to adopt technological solutions that separate computer users from the host machines while maintaining the convenience of computer use. Specifically, computer hosts could be centrally located in secure, confidential environments, allowing users to operate their computers normally at their desks without ever coming into direct contact with the host units themselves.
Computer extension control products solve the problem of extending a computer’s keyboard, mouse, monitor, USB ports, audio ports, microphone ports, serial ports—and even the computer’s Reset and Power buttons—via CAT twisted-pair cables, fiber optics, or network connections to distances of tens or even hundreds of meters, while maintaining normal operation.
Computer extension control products include analog extension control products and digital extension control products:
Simulated extension control products: Support keyboards, mice, monitors, audio interfaces, and serial interfaces. They adopt an external connection method and require no installation of hardware or software inside the computer. CAT twisted-pair cables can extend up to 300 meters.
Digital extension control products: Support keyboards, mice, monitors, USB ports, audio interfaces, microphone jacks, serial ports, and even the computer’s Reset and Power buttons. To use these products, you’ll need to install a PCI card inside the computer. CAT twisted-pair cables can extend the connection up to 100 meters; fiber-optic cables can extend it up to 500 meters; and Gigabit network cables can extend it up to 800 meters.
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